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Technology offers learners different methods for coming to the same outcome. But no one is saying that it’s easy to find the right formula, says Carolyn Lewis What encourages trainers to use technology to support learning and assessment? It could be the number of statistics that are published on technology use, such as how many […]
Opinion
The increased freedoms and flexibilities that study programmes will allow are to be welcomed, says Dean O’Donoghue. But how they will be judged by Ofsted? From September all post-16 providers will introduce 16 to 19 study programmes, coinciding with the raising of the participation age (RPA) and a revised funding methodology. The overall move to […]
Good governance is about far more than a checklist: it is about supporting and developing an institution to enhance opportunity and success, says Dr Paul Phillips I have to hand it to chief inspector Sir Michael Wilshaw. He is a man on a mission, turning his attention to governance. At face value, he seems to […]
The Association of Colleges is “disappointed” by the government’s response to the education select committee’s report on careers advice in schools. The report, published last Monday, concluded that the quality of advice had deteriorated since schools took over provision from local authorities and Connexions last September, a move it called “regrettable”. In its response, the […]
News
Third poor inspection for City College Coventry’s Paul Taylor The principal of the latest big city college to be labelled inadequate by Ofsted has told of his determination to stay on and “put things right”. After 16 years in the job and two previous poor inspections, Paul Taylor, at City College Coventry, was hit with […]
Support for new principals is a key priority, says John Smith. But who will provide a framework as LSIS winds down? Ofsted’s chief inspector Sir Michael Wilshaw is right: the key to successful leadership and management essentially, but not exclusively, lies with the principal. If not, what are principals for? But how are new principals […]
ERS practitioners can now have their skills and expertise properly acknowledged. About time too, says Helen Richardson FE colleges are playing a greater role in the delivery of employment related services (ERS) to jobseekers claiming Jobcentre Plus benefits (more than 200,000 unemployed people undertake education or training at colleges). The introduction of a single adult […]
Skills Minister chooses Manchester meeting to ‘launch’ programme The 11-month wait for an outline of the government’s plans for traineeships appears to be almost over, just as youth unemployment figures nudge the one million mark. Skills Minister Matthew Hancock is due to speak this week at an event hosted by the Greater Manchester Chamber of […]
Further education leaders have told of concerns about the proposed FE Commissioner’s two-week timescale for deciding the fate of struggling colleges. The Association of Colleges (AoC) and the University and College Union (UCU) have both said that the government’s plans for a powerful FE Commissioner needed further consideration. Skills Minister Matthew Hancock announced the plans […]
